Khan fired up by Floyd dope slur as he gets ready to face Judah

Floyd Mayweather Jnr will not bother to watch Amir Khan's big fight here on Saturday night, although the man who calls himself Mr Money might deign to box the ears of Britain's young world champion for a few hundred million dollars more at Wembley some time next year.

Then again he might not, because he is not even sure that Khan will still be standing at the end of the Briton's world light-welterweight championship unification battle with Zab Judah. And anyway he might have something better to do.

On the road to Mandalay: Khan (left) and Judah each claim to be No 1 before tonight¿s big fight in Vegas

How reassuring it must be to know that you are so superior to everyone else in your business that you can swat the competition like an irritating gnat, whenever you please.

How comforting to be able, as he puts it, to 'take the positives' out of so many criminal charges. Mayweather is under indictment for battery of the mother of his children, theft from the former family home here and for assaulting a variety of security personnel, among others.

'Show me the photos,' he says in his furnace of a gymnasium where they are wrapping the hands which are supposed to have inflicted that damage. 'Where are the pictures of someone being battered and beaten? Someone says I touched them and because it's Floyd Mayweather they assume I'm guilty.

'Yet when I was beating Zab Judah and there was a melee in the ring what did I do? I just walked to the corner and conducted myself like a true gentleman.'

So show him the money. That's one big reason why he will end 16 months of inactivity by fighting world welterweight champion Victor Ortiz here on September 17.

He says: 'I want more money and more titles. I also want to give some excitement to my fans, including my big fanbase in England.'

So Wembley here he comes? 'I would love to fight there and I would fill the stadium. But it would have to be for the right terms against the right British opponent.'

So we won't hold our breath, then. Not even if Khan wins what promises to be an explosive encounter against Judah. Nor should we get ahead of ourselves in hoping that Mayweather will finally face Manny Pacquiao in the fight the whole world wants to see.

'I'm not in the sport of boxing because of Pacquiao,' he says. 'Some people keep saying that he's the No 1 poundfor- pound fighter in the world but how can that be when I'm the only major fighter who is still undefeated?'

Mayweather's insistence that Pacquiao submits to constant blood testing for drugs remains the obstacle to that dream fight ever happening. Similar strictures will apply to Khan if his four-fight agenda ending with a showdown with Mayweather is to come to fruition.

'Everybody wants to fight me because of the money that can be made,' says Mr Money. 'But anyone who wants to fight Floyd Mayweather must take the test.'

In another of his court actions, the fighting family Mayweather are being sued by Pacquiao for the inference that he has used performance-enhancing substances.

However, Floyd's trainer, his uncle Roger Mayweather, is unrepentant and again gave vent to his demands for drug-testing, saying: 'Judah should insist that he takes the test before this fight. If he doesn't, he's a fool.'

Main man: Floyd Mayweather Jr is relaxed about the possibility of fighting Khan in Britain

Khan has angrily denied the insinuations. Nor will he much like the Mayweathers for their remarks about his ability.

Floyd: 'He's a good, young, fast fighter but he doesn't bring anything we've never seen before.'

Roger: 'Amir would be an easy fight for my nephew.'

To which Khan replies: 'I know I can beat Mayweather. All the more so because this would be a grudge fight for me after the way he has insulted me.'

But Floyd Jnr is serene in his self-belief: 'I won't be watching Khan because I don't need strategy to fight these guys. I just work them out when we get in the ring and beat them.'

Not that he puts victory beyond Khan tonight. 'I don't know who will win this one,' he says. 'Both are explosive. Both have speed and power. It depends who is the hungrier, the smarter.

'Khan has youth but Judah has the experience which can be so important in a big fight like this, including going to the summit of the sport when he fought me.'